11/26/2025
- From Weekly Wonder of June 11, 2022 -
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Sometimes, we need a bigger container to keep growing, and sometimes we need pruning.
This is my container garden. Less than 6 hours of sunlight per day works well for greens such as lettuce, baby chards, collard greens, short-day flowers, and herbs. The season here in Ithaca is short, and the plants do well in their containers until it is time to rest for the Fall/Winter. No need to pot them up into a bigger container.
Sometimes that is how I feel. Although the world pressure is to have a bigger container, more time in a day, more space, more this, more that, sometimes to grow well means not changing the pot to a bigger pot, but pruning. To develop better, not necessarily bigger.
The container restrains the plant growth while still being sufficient for the plant cycle and its purpose. If given more, more will need.
How to know when it is enough?